Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 12:30 a.m. in "This City."

Yesterday, the weather improved greatly, although the winds blew and continue to blow at a high rate of speed. That means that STWD was very reluctant to go outside for any reason. I can't say as I blame her, but not going out is a luxury that she doesn't have.

At any rate, I mentioned the continuing winds and low temperatures, so I might as well place the actual weather conditions and the forecast here. We have a current temperature of 37° as we drop to the overnight low of 30°. Today, the forecast calls for the temperature to return to a high of 46° with sunny skies. Sunday the prognostication is for a high of 53°, also with sunny skies. Monday and Tuesday we'll see the mid sixties, with cloudy conditions on Monday and rain on Tuesday. In fact, the temperatures will fall into the fifties with rain also on predominating Wednesday and Thursday.

Yesterday, Mary did that batch cooking that I mentioned in my last blog. Good broth, and great tasting baked beans resulted. However, it is her opinion that the beans while tasty, were not done enough. This was a first time recipe, so apparently, more experimentation is necessary.

I spent part of my day reading after the morning walk with the intrepid one. In addition, our IT guru did an update on some software before Mary sat down to chat. I am still amazed that our IT guru lives in CA and can do those updates from 3,000 miles away.

We also got out to the local dollar store for some needed items. What should have been a short visit went horribly wrong when a recalcitrant computer terminal locked up on the cashier and one of the customers in line before us. It took the store manager to make an executive decision and pull the plug to get the computer to reboot. That usually works for me and it worked for her too. Then we were on our way home.

Today, we'll take the morning safari and then we plan to visit Pensacola for a quick perusal of the things for sale at the Palafox Market. Then another stop at the bakery before we return home to do nothing. Somewhere in there, Mary will be putting a pair of vegan "hams" into the Crockpot™ before we leave.

I would be remiss if I didn't mention that Sugar is feeling better, but she is not yet 100%. We're still having to fool her to get her pills down Or, is she fooling us? After the pill regimen is done, we'll visit her local doctor for a follow up exam. Here's hoping.

That looks like enough for one day. A full moon is visible in the night sky and the tides produced by that moon, are contributing to the erosion on the shores of the Atlantic in the Northeast. The weather front fueled by El Nino, that is causing the huge snow storms in D.C. is one of the contributing factors to our low temperatures and windy conditions. Ciao.